A Compensator Characterization of Point Processes on TopologicalLattices

B.Gail Ivanoff (University of Ottawa)
Ely Merzbach (Bar-Ilan University)
Mathieu Plante (No affiliation)

Abstract


We resolve the longstanding question of how to define the compensator of a point process on a general partially ordered set in such a way that the compensator exists, is unique, and characterizes the law of the process. We define a family of one-parameter compensators and prove that this family is unique in some sense and characterizes the finite dimensional distributions of a totally ordered point process. This result can then be applied to a general point process since we prove that such a process can be embedded into a totally ordered point process on a larger space. We present some examples, including the partial sum multiparameter process, single line point processes, multiparameter renewal processes, and obtain a new characterization of the two-parameter Poisson process

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Pages: 47-74

Publication Date: January 14, 2007

DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v12-390

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